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M. PERRETEN.

FILE CABINET.

APPLlGATIoN FILED APB. 20, 1914.

Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

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Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

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MICHAEL PERRETEN, 0F ALLIANCE, OHIO.

FILE-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 19, 1915..

Application lediApri120, v1914. Serial No. 833,130.

To all 107mm it may concern Be it known that I, MICHAEL PERRETEN, a citizen of the Republic of Switzerland. residing at Alliance, in the county of Stark and State of new and useful Improvements in F ile-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to filing cabinets having a rotary holder for the bills, letters and other documents to be placed on tile, and its object is to provide in a cabinet of this kind a novel and improved holder by means of which a large numberrof documents may be filed in such a manner that they are readily accessible.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be pointed out in the detailed description appearing hereinafter, and in order that the invention may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of the cabinet; Fig. 2 is a transverse section thereof; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through one end of the cabinet in the plane of the axis of the rotary holder; Fig. 4 is a vertical section of one of the document clasps, and Fig. 5 is an end view of a closure for the cabinet.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 10

denotes a cabinet of conventional form having a front extension to provide a writing desk 11 beneath which is located a drawer 12. The top portion of the cabinet also carries a drawer 13. Between the desk portion 11 and the top drawer 13 the cabinet has a front opening through which the rotary document holder is visible and accessible.

The document holder is a revolving drum comprising circular end walls 14 and intermediate circular walls 15, all of uniform diameter. These walls are connected at their peripheries by thin longitudinal metal strips 16 extending parallel to the axis of the drum and set in notches in the peripheries of the walls 14 and 15. The walls 14 and 15 are mounted on a rotatable shaft 17 suitablv supported in the cabinet as will be presently described, and as said walls are fast on the shaft. the latter being square, the drum turns with the shaft.

On the strips 16 are mounted document clasps, each of which comprises a spring metal strip which is bent intermediate its ends to form two opposite jaws 18 and 19,

Ohio, have invented certain' between which faces of the jaws being corrugated to obtain a better hold. The jaws tend to draw together and the document is thus securely held therebetween, without, however, preventing its ready withdrawal. The jaw 18 1s bent at its outer end around the strip 16 and riveted or otherwise fastened thereto. The opposite free end of the jaw 19 carries a clip 20 having an index number or other character. The clasps extend inward from the strips 16, transversely of the drum axis.

document clasp as hereinbefore described is mounted on each strip 16 in each compartment of the drum formed b v the intermediate walls 15. The drawings show two intermediate walls, which gives the drum three compartments. but this arrangement may bevaried according to the desired size of the apparatus.

In the cabinet is also mounted a troughshaped housing and support forthe drum, and a closure for the front opening of the cabinet. The housing and support comprise a stationary, substantially semi-circular trough composed of circular end walls 21 connected bv a strip 22 of sheet metal which is bent into semi-circular form and fastened to the edge of the end walls 21. At the longitudinal edges of the strip 22, the end walls 21 are connected by cross-bars 23 and 24, respectively. The trough is so placed in the cabinet that the cross-bar 23 rests on the rear portion of the desk top 11 and fits in and extends across the bottom portion of the front opening of the cabinet, and the cross-bar 24 rests on blocks 25 mounted on the end walls of the cabinet, on the inside thereof. Thus the trough is so supported in the cabinet that it comes beneath and back of the front opening of the cabinet, and it therefore does not obstruct the same.

The end walls 21 of the trough have central apertures to accommodate trunnions or journals 26 extending from the end walls 14 of the drum. The inner faces of the walls 21. adjacent to the apertures. carry metal strips 27 having seats for the trunnions, which latter mav be ordinary screws.

It will be seen from the foregoing that the drum is rotatably mounted in the trough, and the latter is stationarv in the cabinet 11. The trough is mounted in the rear portion of the cabinet behind the drawer 12 and the document is held, the

beneath the drawer 13, which locates the drum opposite the front opening of the cabinet through which it is exposed and thus rendered accessible to place the documents in the clasps or to remove the same.

In order to close up the front opening of the cabinet, there is provided a curved sheet metal cover strip 28 secured at its ends to arms 29 extending radially from a hub 30 mounted on the trunnions 26 between the walls 14 and 21. The length and width of the strip is such that when it is swung down it entirely closes the front opening of the cabinet. The length of the arms 29 is such that the strip 28 is clear of the eriphery of the drum. To the front edge otP the strip 28 is secured a cross-bar 31, which, when the strip is swung down to closing position, seats on the cross-bar 23, and by providing said cross-bars with a lock 32, the strip may be locked in closing position. In order to prevent the strip from swinging too far back into the cabinet, a cross-bar 33 is mounted at the top of the front opening in the cabinet, against which the cross-bar 31 abuts at the end of its rearward travel.

A washer 34 is mounted on the trunnions 26 between the end Walls 14 and the hubs 30, and on the inner faces of the end walls 21 are mounted guide-strips 35 under which the arms 29 work, whereby the swing of the strips and extending inward therefrom, said clasps comprising resilient opposite jaw members connected at one end, the other end vof one of said jaw members being connected to the cross-strips, and a support for the drum.

2. A filino device com risin a rotar drum consisting of end members and cross strips connecting the sameat their peripheries, a support for the drum, and document clasps carried by the cross strips, said clasps comprising strips bent intermediate their ends to lform opposite resilient jaw members, the free ends of the strips being at the periphery of the drum, and one of said ends being secured to the cross strips. In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MICHAEL PERRETEN. Witnesses:

H. C. KoEHLER, THALIA STRONG. 

